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- Date Released: January 1, 1977
- Genre: International
- Style: Africa
- Label: Terrascape
Classic grooves from Nigeria's funkiest.
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We Say...
During his lifetime, Nigerian Afrobeat godfather Fela Kuti made over 60 albums, most of them containing only one or two looooong songs. With a pair of 15-minute-plus grooves, "Dog Eat Dog" occupying the A-side and the title track on the flip, 1977's No Agreement is typical. So is the album's defiant lyrical stance — Fela was notorious for tweaking authority in and around his native Lagos, and he would suffer for it, being sentenced to prison the same year for neither the first nor last time.
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They Say...
Recorded in 1977, No Agreement follows the Afro-beat template to a masterful level: amazingly catchy guitar lines that replicate a bass guitar in their construction, a second guitarist to add some JB's funk power, driving horn section proclamations, intricate saxophone, trumpet and organ improv solos, and then Fela Anikulopo Kuti's wit and message for the people. Even though Fela had vowed to speak his mind, he turns in a song where he proclaims to keep his mouth shut if it means that he will harm his brothers and sisters in the population (not that he actually does, as some of his most scathing songs have yet to come). "No Agreement" is decidedly some of the most interesting instrumentation that he had turned in. With help from Art Ensemble of Chicago trumpeter extradordinare Lester Bowie (Bowie turned in a tenure of about a year with Fela), the solos are magically inspired and the rhythm section rolls on with the power of a steamroller. "Dog Days," the instrumental B-side, sounds more like "No Agreement" part two; it does, however, carry its own weight -- again with the help from Bowie. [In 2000, MCA released No Agreement with Shuffering and Shmiling as a two-fer.]
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Credits
- Lester Bowie - Trumpet // Lester Bowie - Trumpet // Ayoola Abayomi - Stick // Tejumade Adebiyi - Vocals // Ladi Tony Alabi - Drums // Ladi Tony Alabi - Leader // Fela Kuti - Guitar // Fela Kuti - Guitar // Fela Kuti - Guitar // Fela Kuti - Piano // Fela Kuti - Piano // Fela Kuti - Piano // Fela Kuti - Keyboards // Fela Kuti - Keyboards // Fela Kuti - Keyboards // Fela Kuti - Vocals // Fela Kuti - Vocals // Fela Kuti - Vocals // Fela Kuti - Main Performer // Fela Kuti - Main Performer // Fela Kuti - Main Performer // Lekan Animashaun - Sax (Baritone) // Nweke Atifoh - Guitar (Bass) // Leke Benson - Guitar // Ronke Edason - Vocals // Oladeinde Koffi - Conga // Oghene Kologbo - Guitar (Bass) // Addo Nettey - Conga // Babajide Olaleye - Maracas // Nwokoma Ukem - Trumpet // Tunde Williams - Trumpet // Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Piano // Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Arranger // Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Sax (Alto) // Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Sax (Tenor) // Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Vocals // Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Producer // Clifford Itoje - Guitar (Rhythm) // Bimbo Adelanwa - Vocals // Yemi Adegunde - Vocals // Emaruagheru Osawe - Vocals // Fehintola Kayode - Vocals // Kewe Oghomienor - Vocals
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